Environmental Politics

"More than 10,700 staffers left EPA and the Interior and Energy departments under a Trump program that incentivized resignations."

"A proposed aquarium fishing ban is in play as state aquatic resource officials move to revive the controversial fishing practice."

"The DOE just ordered the TransAlta coal plant to keep running. But it has been offline since December, and a new state law would make it too costly to turn back on."

"Now, parish lawsuits, including one in front of the Supreme Court, could make oil giants pay to restore the state’s vanishing marshes."

"Trump administration announced it will spent $540 million on California water infrastructure, focusing on deteriorating Central Valley canals damaged by sinking ground"

"Tennessee farmer Todd Littleton expects to pay $100,000 more for fertilizer this season, a 40% spike from his bill last year thanks to the war in Iran — and he is scrambling to cover that extra cost."

"Rainbow trout is a prized catch for fisherman on the Northern Cheyenne reservation, in the high plains of southeastern Montana." 

"Under the draft proposal, the principle that exposure should be “as low as reasonably achievable” will be replaced with hard limits and special exceptions."

"Price spikes from the war highlight the necessity of the renewable energy transition for stability and national security, the U.N. official says."

"The Iran war’s disruption to the global energy market should be a wake-up call for countries that continue to rely on fossil fuels, said United Nations climate chief Simon Stiell in a speech on Monday.

"Proposed settlements would block wind farms off New York State and North Carolina, according to documents reviewed by The New York Times."